Shavell
Steven Shavell is an economist who is currently Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School. Shavell is the founder and director of the School's John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business.
Meaning & Origin of Shavell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Steven Shavell is an economist who is currently Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School. Shavell is the founder and director of the School's John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business.
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The Story of Shavell
As a girl name
American parents first put Shavell on the record books as a girl name in 1980, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 9 Shavells were born — ranking #7,692 that year. About 52% of every Shavell on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shavell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 113 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shavell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 6 births, good for #7,421 nationwide. Shavell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shavell
Shavell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 113 births in the dataset. Shavell's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #7,692. Use the chart and map above to compare Shavell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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